Month: September 2011

My name is Kareem Williams , I am 17 and i LOVE socccer. Although as of lately I havent had enough time to go play with my friends due to other obligations. I come from Benjamin Banneker Academy, which is a high school in Downtown Brooklyn. At Baruch I intend on majoring in Business Finance. My life is basically consumed by school and work. In the future I hope to make 6 figures and own a very nice house. 🙂

My name is Julonni Washington, I was born on July 20, 1993 and spent every year of my life living in a place called the Bronx.  I have enjoyed my life so far and my main goal is to keep enjoying life.  There is nothing special about my childhood to share so I will not spend hours thinking about what to say. I will say that right now, I am looking forward to an enjoyable four years at Baruch and several more enjoyable decades exploring the world’s major metropolis’. I am currently in one so it’s less work to do for me.  If there is one thing you would want to know about me it’s that I am a marriage of opposites. I eat a lot of food yet I have a very slim body. I don’t think of myself as a stereotypical ‘nerd’ yet the first thing my peers point out is my intelligence.  I am very open to conversation yet have very few close friends.  I may not have a lot to say on here right now but in person it’s a different story, one that only a few lucky people will experience.

Hi. My name is Taylor Higgs. I was born and raised in California my whole life. Even though I was born in Cali, I wasn’t lucky enough to experience beach, sun, and surf everyday. My house is more in the dead center of the state, which is about a 1-3 hour drive from the mountains, beaches, and woods in all directions. If I had to choose though, I would have loved to live closer to a beach. I grew up in a family of 7, with two brothers and two sisters, and I am the 4th child. I grew up around sports and music from an early age though the influence of my dad, he was a great singer and a strong athlete. My oldest brother got all of father’s athleticism, now in the MILB for the Seattle Mariners, and my other brother got all his musical talent, majoring in pianoI performance at Chapman University. Me, I got split in between with a ukulele and a chance to play D3 volleyball, and it is debatable that I am the better looking of the 3.. But anyways, I came to NY to get as far away from home as I possibly could. To experience things on my own and have a good time. I’m hoping that you guys would have fun sharing that with me.

Aloha Fro-mates, My name is Bianca Work. Yes, Work, like the occupation. I’m eighteen years old, and am currently living in Rockaway, Queens; which I despise. This is only because it takes two hours to get to school every single morning, and two hours to get home every single night! Seeing as I had planned to go away to college, Baruch is a difficult adjustment. I’d love to major in Finance, or Industrial and Organizational Psychology,  so that I can work in Law. BUT that doesn’t mean that I’m always a serious person. I’m extremely creative and am always baking, cooking, or doing some artistic thing on the beach, which is conveniently located a block from my house.  Whenever I am stressed or overwhelmed, I take my beloved guitar and go sit on the sand. Speaking of the beach, I usually spend my summers in Sicily. I wish that I could live there permanently because my entire family and all of my friends live there. I have the traditional HUGE Italian family. That means the three thousand cousins, huge Sunday dinners, and barely being able to hear yourself think around relatives, because they’re all so loud, is all part of the norm for me. I’m used to my surrounding always being hectic and frenzied and that’s why I fit perfectly into the city life. Everything is quick, upbeat and always in motion. I am actually extremely shy at first which is sort of hard in College. I spend a lot of my time doing Community Service. Every Saturday I volunteer at a Soup Kitchen in Park Slope. Last night I actually part took in the “Light the Night Walk” in Queens. Toodles.

At 17 years old i very few people know who they are, and even fewer can describe themselves accurately. Personally i think i am a realist. I tend to view the world in a structure. I dont usually plan for things to go wrong, so im not a pessimist, but im always aware that the possibility of something going wrong is always possible. My top 3 concerns for Baruch as a freshman are about its organization, its lack of functional escalators and lack of public housing. Baruch’s organizational system is horrific in my opinion. Before my placement exam i spent countless hours calling the school, and never even having someone pick up. Eventually i physically went to the school and waited almost an hour to be told that my placement test had not been graded yet. Baruch is a relatively large school, and as such getting to class can be a hassle, especially if you have classes back to back. Unfortuantely the escalators never work, and the elevators take too long. I frequently walk from the 4th to the 10th floor, which can be a hassle. My last concern for baruch is that it has almost no affordable public housing, and the housing that is affordable is already taken. Most college students look toward college to move away from thier parents, and here i am stuck at home for another 4 years. Baruch has not been majorly different from my highschool. The city is a minor improvement from my old school, but even in high school i had any number of places to choose to hang out with friends. Ironically, while Baruch is located in the city, there are very few places to shoot pool and the like close to it. The only major difference in Baruch for me are the teachers. Teachers in highschool always pressured you to do work and the like, which only made me want to do it less. Here the teachers dont force us upon anything, which i find to be refreshing. Finally i think my first year of college will make me mature in regards to my decesion making. I hope to make ( and have already made ) new friends and i look forward to the upcoming year.

Hello, fellow FRO classmates/bloggers, Natasha, it is a pleasure. Brooklyn born and raised its NYC all day everyday. Truthfully, I was hoping to get out of the city for college, but Baruch thus far has been a pleasurable experience. I’ll see what Baruch has to offer. I must say that food around the school is great, but I am already getting bored of the burgers. I hope we all make the best of our FRO experience and enjoy each others company.

Hi everyone, I’m Alexandra, I am from Queens, NY and am super tall! I love traveling, my friends/family, fashion, and eating… so much eating. I would also love to be the creative director of a top magazine, and am indecisive about majoring in marketing. Going to school in the middle of NYC is one of my favorite things, because you get introduced to so many different types of people from around the world. I love chocolate, (therefore I should work out more), the beach is the best, and laughing with good company is not bad either.

My full name is Maxine Starr Fuchs. However, everyone calls me Maxie. I am 18 years old and was born right here in New York City. I grew up in long island though and have not really experienced the outside world much. I went to a Jewish private school called HAFTR my entire life and have been friends with the same people since I was 3. You can probably say i grew up in a bubble. My whole life I have had everything set out for me by my parents and teachers, but now it’s the first time i will have to make my own decisions and blaze my own trail.  I love that Baruch has given me my schedule for this semester and has forced me to be in the classes I am in because otherwise I would have not been lucky enough to meet all you wonderful people. As far as hobbies go, I don’t really have any besides for my passion to run. I love exercising and try to find time to do so each day. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this upcoming year. I hope it wont be a let down.

My name is Felyesha George, I was born August 21,1993 in Guyana. Departed in New
York at the age of eleven in 2004.

I love watching sports but being able to get physically active on the field is always
an enjoyment as well. Dancing is my passion,  my secret desire on the other hand is to be a
model. In the future, I plan on majoring in the business or education field as
time progresses maybe I’ll correspond with both.I  hope my time and experience at Baruch college will help me figure out which career path is right for me.

Hey Im Bernard and im a freshman in Baruch. I was born in Russia. When i was 5 my parents moved to America. I like to play sports such as volleyball and basketball. I was on my high schools volleyball team from freshman to junior year, and i quit senior year to get a job. I started playing piano 4 months ago and its one of my favorite things to do. I wanna major in Business with a minor in law.